Maldon
By: translated from the Anglo-Saxon & introduced by Michael Smith; wood engravings by Simon Brett
Publisher: The Salvage Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Translated from: ang
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Maldon, Battle of, England, 991; Poetry; Fine books; Specimens; Maldon (Anglo-Saxon poem); Maldon, Battle of (England : 991) fast (OCoLC)fst01006600 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01006600
Work titles: Maldon (Anglo-Saxon poem) English
Description: An Anglo-Saxon poem commemorating the Battle of Maldon in 991.
Notes: Title-page and preliminaries printed in red and black.

This book has been designed, typeset by hand & letterpress printed by Jamie Murphy, with much grateful assistance from Louis Scully. Simon Brett has designed & engraved the illustrations, which have been printed from the original wood blocks. The calligraphic titles have been printed from magnesium plates after designs by Frances Breen ... The type has been set in 12 & 18 point Monotype Caslon Old Face (series 128), superbly cast into founts by Neil Winter at The Whittington Press. The book has been printed on Zerkall 170 gsm mouldmade paper ... There are 65 books printed. Copies marked i-xv have been half-bound in Pentland Goat with paper sides & are accompanied by a portfolio of strikes of the engravings in protective slipcases. Copies marked 1-40 have been half-bound in bookcloth with paper sides & housed in protective slipcases. Intended for private distribution, five full cloth-bound copies in slipcases are marked A-E & are Hors de Commerce. Five copies marked 41-45 remain as collated sheets. The bindings have been executed by Tom Duffy in his workshop at Dublin's Five Lamps -- Colophon.

This translation of 'The Battle of Maldon' was originally published by Shearsman Books (Exeter) in 2004.

Translated from Anglo-Saxon.

This is copy no. 25 if 40, signed by Jamie Murphy and Simon Brett.